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Caribbean frogs started with a single, ancient voyage on a raft from South America

...common ancestor," Hedges said. __IMAGE_3 The anatomy of Caribbean frogs previously had led the advocates of both theories to conclude that species in Cuba and other western-Caribbean islands were related to different mainland species than were the species on Puerto Rico and other eastern-Caribbean isla...

UI anthropologist, colleagues discover remains of earliest giant panda

... Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows that the basic anatomy of the giant panda has remained largely unchanged for millions of years. Ciochon says that the skull --, about one-half the size of a modern-day giant panda skull, but anatomically very similar -- indicates that the giant panda has evolved for mor...

Lithium builds gray matter in bipolar brains, UCLA study shows

...ows researchers to examine differences in cortical anatomy at a much greater spatial resolution. In this study, Bearden and colleagues at UCLA used computer analysis to analyze brain scans collected by collaborators at the University of Pittsburgh in order to determine whether bipolar patients showed cha...

Robotic therapy helps restore hand use after stroke

...of the study and associate professor in neurology, anatomy and neurobiology at UCI. "Robot-assisted therapy may help rewire the brain and make weak limbs move better long afterwards." Previously, robotic devices have improved post-stroke shoulder and leg function. Cramer said this study is one of the firs...

UBC researchers reveal dwarf aquatic plants' hidden ancestry

...evidence coupled with a critical re-examination of anatomy to assign these plants to their proper place in the plant evolutionary family tree." Graham and his PhD students Hardeep Rai and Jeffery Saarela, who is now a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, show that Hydatellaceae are actuall...

The origin of the brain lies in a worm

...d out the research in Arendt's lab. "The molecular anatomy of the developing CNS turned out to be virtually the same in vertebrates and Platynereis. Corresponding regions give rise to neuron types with similar molecular fingerprints and these neurons also go on to form the same neural structures in annelid w...

On automatic pilot

...llar cortex. Pijpers reconstructed the modular anatomy of the cerebellum by injecting small quantities of traceable substances. This allowed mapping of different 'stations' of the information pathway. The reconstruction revealed that the cerebellum is organised into a number of modules or connections ali...

Scientists crack rhino horn riddle

...n captivity," said Lawrence Witmer, a professor of anatomy in Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine and director of the project. ...

Good times ahead for dinosaur hunters, according to U of Penn scientist's dinosaur census

... dinosaur paleontology," said Dodson, professor of anatomy in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine and professor in Penn's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. "Unfortunately, there is a finite limit to what can be discovered, so our estimates show that the child's grandchildren won't be so fortu...

Stem cells found in adult hair follicles may provide alternative to embryonic stem cells

....D., researchers in cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College, was published in a recent issue of Stem Cells: The International Journal of Cell Differentiation and Proliferation. Epidermal neural crest stem cells are found in the bulge of hair follicles and have characteristics that com...

World's smallest cancer detection device

...the new NCI grant, Dr. John Condeelis, co-chair of anatomy and structural biology at Einstein and the principal investigator of the newly funded program, and his Einstein colleagues will team up with researchers at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany to develop...

New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines

...Croft, lead author of the study and a professor of anatomy at Case Western Reserve University. Significant finding on several levels Water buffalo are members of the cattle family and are placed in the genus Bubalus, which includes four living species. Two species, Bubalus bubalis and B. mindorensis ...

'Nymph of the sea' reveals remarkable brood

...side, together with other details of her soft part anatomy including legs and eyes. The research team consis...o few. The fossil we have found contains soft-part anatomy such as legs and eyes and also includes about twenty eggs, each about half a millimetre in size, and...

Study suggests evolutionary link between diet, brain size in orangutans

...n adjunct professor of biological anthropology and anatomy at Duke, where he had worked for 15 years. "To our knowledge, this is the first such study to demonstrate a relationship between relative brain size and resource quality at this microevolutionary level in primates," they said. Such a change would...

Ohio University researchers discover evolutionary oddity in flamingos

...issues play," said Lawrence Witmer, a professor of anatomy in Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine who directed the study. The researchers know that when the erectile tissues fill with blood, they stiffen, strengthening and supporting the floor of the mouth. "We suspect this stabilizes the...

Bone marrow may restore cells lost in vision diseases

...o, Ph.D., a Yale University associate professor of anatomy and experimental surgery and of ophthalmology and visual science who was not involved in the research. "To derive cells of neuronal lineage from cells of bone-marrow lineage is significant, if the finding stands up to the test of time. Compared to RP...

Mechanism for neurodenegerative diseases linked to transport proteins

... long, says Dr. Scott Brady, professor and head of anatomy and cell biology at UIC. "A breakdown in fast axonal transport would selectively kill neurons because neurons are especially dependent on the transport system," Brady said. Kennedy disease is also known as spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBM...

Brain-computer link lets paralyzed patients convert thoughts into actions

...w an assistant professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago -- the task of creating algorithms to translate the chatter between neurons in the motor cortex into a language the computer could understand and use to control other devices. Hatsopoulos and other students in the Donoghu...

Coming soon: 3-D imaging that flies 'through' and 'around' cancer

...ional data from the PET imaging is correlated with anatomy on the CT images to provide a single detailed and informative image. Standard 2-D PET and PET/CT images (with FDG) are accurate for evaluating lung and colorectal cancer; however, they lack the anatomic information that can be provided by 3-D image...

New egg freezing technique offers hope to hundreds of women

...aid. Professor Nottola, an associate professor of anatomy in the Department of Anatomy, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, told the conference that a variety of abnormalities became apparent when frozen-thawed eggs were inspected more closely, even in those that appeared undamaged after thawing. In additi...

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